As the New Orleans Saints celebrate their 50th season, WDSU sports anchors Fletcher Mackel and Sharief Ishaq give you their top 10 plays over the franchises 50 seasons.

1. Tracey Porter pick 6 in Super Bowl XLIV

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The play that sealed the greatest victory in Saints history.No doubt Porter's interception of Peyton Manning is a class by itself.

2. Hartley kicks into Super Bowl

Garrett Hartley put foot to ball in overtime of the NFC Championship game to send the Saints to Miami for Super Bowl XLVI. While Morten Andersen is the greatest kicker in franchise history, this is the greatest kick for the New Orleans Saints.

3. The block heard around the world

Steve Gleason's blocked punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the first game in the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina announced to the world that a city down on its knees was ready to stand up and fight. The play has perfectly been named "Rebirth" and is memorialized with a statue outside the Superdome.

4. Ambush

Head coach Sean Payton's gutsy play call -- an onside kick from Thomas Morstead which was recovered by Chris Reis -- coming out of halftime in Super Bowl XLIV swung the momentum of the game in the Saints favor.President Barack Obama even complimented Payton, saying, "It takes a tough Chicago guy to make a call like that at such a big moment."Obama and Payton both call the ChicagoLand area home.

5. Hakim drops the ball

Rams return man Az-Zahir Hakim's muffed punt allowed Saints fans to celebrate a playoff victory for the first time in franchise history.The Saints beat the Rams 31-28 in an NFC Wild Card playoff game following the 2000 season, the win was the franchise's first post season victory.

6. Record field goal

The Saints didn't have many reasons to celebrate during their first two decades of existence, but in 1970, Tom Dempsey gave fans plenty to cheer about.Against the Detroit Lions in Tulane Stadium, Dempsey connected onthen NFL-record 63-yard field goal.

7. Deuce destroys the Eagles

In the NFC divisional playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Deuce McAllister gained a franchise playoff record 143 yards on 21 carries with 1 touchdown, along with 4 catches for 20 yards and 1 touchdown. His performance helped the Saints advance to their first ever NFC Championship game following the 2006 season.

8. Robert's robbery

The Saints opened the 2009 season a perfect 13-0, but every win was far from perfect.Wide receiver Robert Meachum's strip of Redskins defensive back Kareem Moore helped the Saints win an overtime thriller in DC.The victory moved the Black & Gold to 12-0 and exemplified the type of gritty, never-give-up style of play that help the Saints win a Super Bowl that season.

9. Gilliam's gallop

The first play in Saints franchise history was a kickoff return for a score. John Gilliam's 94-yard romp against the Rams had fans believing the Saints would be one of the best expansion teams in NFL history.Unfortunately that play was as good as it would get for a long time.

10. River City relay

With the Jaguars leading 20-13, the Saints used three lateral passes to score a touchdown as time expired in regulation. Aaron Brooks completion to Donte Stallworth started the craziness. Laterals to Michael Lewis, Deuce McAllister and Jerome Pathon resulted in a score. However, New Orleans kicker John Carney missed the ensuing extra point that would have sent the game into overtime, and instead gave Jacksonville the 20-19 victory.